Our imperative is to promote growth and jobs. ~Statement from G8 Leaders  The tide is turning.  Frustration has been building in Europe over deep austerity cuts meant to address deficit issues but only further hampering growth and ultimately hurting the deficit long term.  The true solution will not be solved until countries get back to [...]

Ezra Klein does an excellent job explaining how the the opportunities for the rich are different than the opportunities for the rest of us.  He explains how Bono and the rest of his investors in his investment group invested $90 million into Facebook early on and now that investment appears to be worth $1.5 Billion. [...]

“The next generation is starting their economic race 50 yards behind the starting line.  They’ve got to pay off the equivalent of one full mortgage before they make it to flat broke, in order to pay for their education. They can never get ahead of the game, because they’re constantly trying to play catch-up. And [...]

“(Students) let them see the accounts because otherwise, they are not allowed to leave the room. And that is just wrong,” ~Pam Broviak  It is simply unacceptable for any school official to ever request access to a student’s personal social media account.  What a student writes on their account is not the concern of school [...]

The more money you have, the more rootless you become because everything is possible. ~Jeremy Davidson There is a growing class of wealth in the world whose citizenship is completely irrelevant to them.  All they care about is hoarding more and more wealth no matter how much they already have.  It’s kind of scary to [...]

“When profitable corporations can use the stock option tax deduction to pay zero corporate income taxes for years on end, average taxpayers are forced to pick up the tax burden.  It isn’t right, and we can’t afford it.”  ~Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)  This really should disgust you.  We’ve written about how the corporate tax code is [...]

How exactly did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Rich? Robert Reich, Labor Secretary in the Clinton administration, explains The Magic of Private Equity in 8 Easy Steps. Risk other people’s money Buy a company to squeeze higher profits Cut workers, pay and benefits to squeeze higher profits out of the company Use company as collateral to borrow [...]

“It seems like a well-planned attack. The explosion hit the least guarded rear gate of the Military Intelligence complex … where the operatives keep their cars.” ~Opposition activist in Deir al-Zor We’ve written a lot about America’s covert war with Syria HERE.  This is a concerted effort by American intelligence services in tandem with Israel and [...]

I acknowledge evolution exists.  There are still some people who really believe the Earth has existed for only 6,000 years.  I’d rather get my information through science.  Evolution is a fact….anyone who doubts it has some serious issues.  Now – that’s not to say that you can’t have a god….I’m just saying – if you [...]